Glasgow

[wendigo100]

Fecking freezing in winter!

Not much better in summer. Wet and windy.

I did a contract up there several years ago. Nice people. I even ventured to pubs over the river once or twice.

Has the Anderson Centre been knocked down yet? As I was staying in the Hilton and the Marriot, I often walked past the ladies of the night on my way downtown.

[Rebecca Loos]

Francko, I have been to Edinburgh (but not for Hogmanay, as I didn't want to be with 10,000 other Kiwis, as you pointed out) and yes it is nice - but I was expecting Glasgow to be the opposite, to be all working class and Glaswegian kiss and sectarianism and grim and dirty. But no, it has got a very interesting history and the wealth that it had in victorian times gives the city a nice feel, even if I am sure the suburbs are dire.
But hey - Traisnpotting was set in Edingurgh, so maybe the differences between the 2 cities are not as straightforward as the middle class Edinburgh vs working class Glasgow cliche would tend to indicate.

LG you're right, I didn't go there for the shopping, so I can't complain really. But as always when I am visiting a place, I was in a "mmmmh... could I live here?" frame of mind.